Christians called on to break cycle of violence says pope

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 1 - Christians are called on to break the cycle of violence in Africa and elsewhere, Pope Francis told a Mass in Kinshasa attended by over a million faithful on the second day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
    Christians are called to be "missionaries of peace", he said at in the Mass at the airport of Ndolo.
    "It is a choice: it is to make room in our hearts for everyone, it is to believe that ethnic, regional, social and religious differences come later and are not obstacles; that others are brothers and sisters, members of the same human community; that everyone is a recipient of the peace brought to the world by Jesus.
    "It is to believe that we Christians are called to collaborate with everyone, to break the cycle of violence, to dismantle the plots of hatred.
    "Yes, Christians, sent by Christ, are called by definition to be the conscience of peace in the world".
    Francis is set to meet victims of years of conflict in the DRC at the nunciature later Wednesday.
    He will also meet long-time violence sufferers on the second stage of his African trip, to South Sudan, later this week.
    (ANSA).